Monday, April 6, 2009

Blog Items - April 6th

Support the Vote: BC-STV and No BC-STV April Events

April 6th

Don’t forget that on May 12 there will also be a referendum to choose whether to adopt the new BC Single Transferable Vote system, or to keep our current voting system. If you’re still confused, the BC-STV and No BC-STV will be holding events around the Province.
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Fair Vote UBC: Why BC-STV is Simpler than FPTP, Two Words, Strategic Voting


by Mark Crowley April 3rd

Strategic voting is one of the things people like to complain about most in our current electoral system. I wrote about strategic voting during the last federal election and how it has led to creative voting solutions like vote swapping. Strategic voting is a natural response to an unfair system, if you don’t vote strategically under FPTP then you are not really accepting how your vote is counted.
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